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(vo) quick wit. >> and yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. (vo) and above all, opinion and attitude. >> really?! this is the kind of stuff they say about something they just pulled freshly from their [bleep]. >> you know what those people are like. >> what could possibly go wrong in eight years of george bush? >> my producer just coughed up a hairball. >>sorry. >>just be grateful current tv doesn't come in "smell-o-vision" >> oh come on! the sweatshirt is nice and all, but i could use a golden lasso. (vo)only on current tv. (vo) later tonight, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> john: time for the latest ed dig of so that happened. sure our government here in america funct
(vo) quick wit. >> and yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. (vo) and above all, opinion and attitude. >> really?! this is the kind of stuff they say about something they just pulled freshly from their [bleep]. >> you know what those people are like. >> what could possibly go wrong in eight years of george bush? >> my producer just coughed up a hairball. >>sorry. >>just be grateful current tv doesn't come in...
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but still this hatred of obama goes on. if you think it doesn't have anything to do with his race, you're not thinking at all. >> michael: we don't have to address that. it's obviously because of his race. julian, you've been on this program. we've done our march goes on series, part of what we want to do in calling the march goes on is to see how the younger generation takes it forward. your grandchildren, julian bond, interviewed you about your participates in the civil rights program. >> let me ask you a question, jacob, what do you think is your responsibility to maintain freedom in the world? what is it that you have to do? >> i think what i need to do is i need to stand up for what i believe in and actually do what i feel is right, not just say things are wrong because saying things isn't going to get anything done unless you do what you say. >> what about you? >> i feel that my responsibility is to stand up for what i believe in. if i feel that something could change, to do what i can to do it. >> michael: so julian,
but still this hatred of obama goes on. if you think it doesn't have anything to do with his race, you're not thinking at all. >> michael: we don't have to address that. it's obviously because of his race. julian, you've been on this program. we've done our march goes on series, part of what we want to do in calling the march goes on is to see how the younger generation takes it forward. your grandchildren, julian bond, interviewed you about your participates in the civil rights program....
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my man, president barack obama, cannot play the angry black man role. he can't do it. >> john: they'll use it against him. >> he can't do it. he's like -- can't do it. >> john: how do you feel he's doing walking the line? >> the best he can because he can't go off like i did. [ laughter ] he can't do what i did to that lady. >> john: he's re-elected. he can do whatever he wants. >> that's not presidential. >> john: you're right. >> but i'm not president of the united states. when someone comes off wrong, i can respond as one would from brooklyn. that was a brooklyn response. the lady was wrong. >> john: it was beautiful. you weren't rude. you just demanded your time. they invited you there and gave you six minutes, they were trying to talk over you. >> john: it has been interesting to see how racism man test -- manifests itself against this president. how arrogant is the new uppity. what has been your observation about the kind of treatment this president has receive and what the face of racism is in this decade? >> well, here's the thing i like to say.
my man, president barack obama, cannot play the angry black man role. he can't do it. >> john: they'll use it against him. >> he can't do it. he's like -- can't do it. >> john: how do you feel he's doing walking the line? >> the best he can because he can't go off like i did. [ laughter ] he can't do what i did to that lady. >> john: he's re-elected. he can do whatever he wants. >> that's not presidential. >> john: you're right. >> but i'm not...
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in fairness, at the obama rally, there were obama fans there. they're not the problem. let me ask you the same question i asked joel. you're in touch with people who are suffering. what are the effects you've seen firsthand from sequestration on our fellow americans? >> some of the biggest ones are military families and education have received an enormous cut this year. there are -- at the national institutes of health, lead researchers are having to take furlough days which is disrupting research into ground break medicines and new ways of caring for people who are sick. there are thousands of medicare patients across the country that can't get access to cancer treatments because of this. there are children that are being, as you pointed out, being denied head start, a program which has been shown to save money in the long-term. and the same is true for the housing program. interesting thing is that the government that -- the republicans are actually campaigning against the government that doesn't exist anymore. you can't get government assistance in the united states
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they may have an obama like figure come out from nowhere. i don't know. >> jim, who do you like. >> probably not a democratic or republican, even though that's who's going to win again. i would somebody libertarian or somebody a little different, because it's repulsive on both sides. >> who? you have the two time new mexican governor running and they wouldn't let him on the debates. >> i would like to see him run again. i like ron paul. he seemed to know what he was talking about and felt different. >> dick, you get the last word. >> a country that began with jefferson, franklin, lincoln, hamilton and look at what we have today, what can we learn from this? darwin was wrong. >> i want to thank my truly historic panel and our third party president got into the white house with 30% of the vote, it was republican and lincoln. it could happen again. >> i was going to say that. >> my dad was a history teacher. i'm trying to earn his love. thank you guys so much. >> thank you for having us on. >> probably was the most fun episode of the show i've
they may have an obama like figure come out from nowhere. i don't know. >> jim, who do you like. >> probably not a democratic or republican, even though that's who's going to win again. i would somebody libertarian or somebody a little different, because it's repulsive on both sides. >> who? you have the two time new mexican governor running and they wouldn't let him on the debates. >> i would like to see him run again. i like ron paul. he seemed to know what he was...
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president obama tried to douse the flames at his press conference on friday. >> obama: we can and must be more transparent. so i've directed the intelligence community to make public as much information about these programs as possible. we've already declassified unprecedented information about the nsa. but we can go further. >> john: the president said he'll work with congress to reform section 215 of the patriot act which deals with the collection of phone records. he'll also reform oversight of the foreign intelligence surveillance court and make the rationale for the collections public. but is he setting himself up for anotheriation where not much gets done and no one's happy? let's ask the smartest guy in the room, michael tomasky in d.c., a special columnist for "newsweek" and the "daily beast" and has been a treasured guest on our show. welcome back to "viewpoint." >> second smartest guy in the room. >> john: thank you and god bless your low standards. the steps the president talked about aren't revolutionary. you wrote what the president's done is quite remarkable. why is that?
president obama tried to douse the flames at his press conference on friday. >> obama: we can and must be more transparent. so i've directed the intelligence community to make public as much information about these programs as possible. we've already declassified unprecedented information about the nsa. but we can go further. >> john: the president said he'll work with congress to reform section 215 of the patriot act which deals with the collection of phone records. he'll also...
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president obama said the n.s.a. did not spy on americans, but used surveillance. now today, there's a debate over the world target. are semantics a way to shift the debate? is the use of semantics suggesting to us that the government is trying to hide something? >> i think it is. the government and the n.s.a. in particular has a set of definitions that relate to its surveillance activities that are at odds with the ordinary meaning of those words. if you ask the n.s.a. whether it is collecting americans' emails in the program that was revealed today, it will tell you that it isn't. it's acquiring them, but it's not collecting them, because collecting them means something else. that type of word play not only obscures the truth but makes it impossible for every day americans to understand exactly what the n.s.a. is doing, whether it's legal for it to be doing it and whether it's necessary for us to be sacrificing basic privacy to the demands of a largely unaccountable intelligence agency. >> let me play devil's advocate. the community learned about the terror plot
president obama said the n.s.a. did not spy on americans, but used surveillance. now today, there's a debate over the world target. are semantics a way to shift the debate? is the use of semantics suggesting to us that the government is trying to hide something? >> i think it is. the government and the n.s.a. in particular has a set of definitions that relate to its surveillance activities that are at odds with the ordinary meaning of those words. if you ask the n.s.a. whether it is...
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let's turn to president obama's appearance on the jay leno show. this is president obama talking about domestic spying. i think he's parsing words. listen in. >> there is no spying on americans. we don't have a domestic spying program. what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an email address. >> we are spying, but we're using surveillance, what is spying, what is surveillance? the n.s.a. database, which some have called the largest database ever assembled contains 1.9 trillion calendar details. 1.7 billions texts are received every single day. is the pot being honest claiming that we aren't using domestic spying techniques? >> for him to say there is no domestic spying program, it's a little bit dancing around the truth. is it called the domestic spying program? >> no. are they accumulating data with something that vice with what we think spying should be? >> yes. the president is saying we are not in the business of going through american's things and their emails and their information. we are accumulating data to
let's turn to president obama's appearance on the jay leno show. this is president obama talking about domestic spying. i think he's parsing words. listen in. >> there is no spying on americans. we don't have a domestic spying program. what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an email address. >> we are spying, but we're using surveillance, what is spying, what is surveillance? the n.s.a. database, which some have called the largest database ever...
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it's all about messaging and kicking barack obama. barack obama popular in 2014 there is a chance that democrats win backseats. so the odds of us winning the whole congress is difficult the way it's redistricted, but there is a chance. all of their game plan 2014 keeping the majority. they do it by beating down on obama. that's their message. blame him for benghazi, bring up the subjects of the irs, and the irs were after marijuana folks and liberal groups conservative groups, some irs bureaucrat, and they were trying to do their job collecting tax dollars owed. i'm not going to say they're like somebody from germany from a long time ago, but that's what they're a lot like. >> michael: don't say it. >> i'm thinking it. >> michael: we're moving on to the new question. are we facing another government shutdown. >> we are. >> michael: we are, we're facing shutdown? >> the cr will be loaded down with something terrible that the democrats can't vote for, and they'll try to make it the democrats fault. they want budget cuts. they're going t
it's all about messaging and kicking barack obama. barack obama popular in 2014 there is a chance that democrats win backseats. so the odds of us winning the whole congress is difficult the way it's redistricted, but there is a chance. all of their game plan 2014 keeping the majority. they do it by beating down on obama. that's their message. blame him for benghazi, bring up the subjects of the irs, and the irs were after marijuana folks and liberal groups conservative groups, some irs...
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yesterday we talked about the rodeo clown with the obama mask. he repeatedly said who wants to see obama get run over with bulls. >> yes. >> stephanie: guess who's fault all of that is that that happened? >> who? >> stephanie: president obama. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: because my friends, because he goes on the tonight show, he is -- to face the presidency, what do you expect to happen? >> he is not the first president to do that. normally i'm against domestic drone strikes, but i might make an exception in this case. [ applause ] >> stephanie: see he is not an absolutist. we're kidding news busters. i was like, really? he has already debased the presidency by going on the tonight show. >> nixon went on laugh-in. >> you reach a lot of people going on the tonight show. >> stephanie: right. because he is disrespected the office of presidency, so what do you expect? >> plus he is kenyon muslim nazi socialist. >> stephanie: right. and as you know i'm a well-known gun grabber. so while i appreciate major bloomberg's thoughts of gettin
yesterday we talked about the rodeo clown with the obama mask. he repeatedly said who wants to see obama get run over with bulls. >> yes. >> stephanie: guess who's fault all of that is that that happened? >> who? >> stephanie: president obama. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: because my friends, because he goes on the tonight show, he is -- to face the presidency, what do you expect to happen? >> he is not the first president to do that. normally...
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obama's disappointed in russia. >> disappointed. stephanie: there's nothing that hurts worse than when the kremlins disappointed in you. the kremlin said it is. >> disappointed. stephanie: the u.s. canceled bilateral talks after russia granted asylum to edward snowden. please, joan is in our homophobia. why not? as we know, the president, the decision to cancel the summit comes one day after the president appeared on the tonight show in which he condemned the newly enacted gay law in russia. thank you, mr. president. i love this one. the russian sports. ister tells reporters to calm down about the olympics and the anti gay law. he told them to relax. >> relax, simmer down. he said their private lives were safe. as long as you keep your pie holes shut about it. all your holes, keep everything shut. i want to ask you to calm down. we have a constitution that guarantees all citizens a private life. it's to ban the promotion of non-traditional relations among the young generation. >> i think they should ban wrestling then, because that'
obama's disappointed in russia. >> disappointed. stephanie: there's nothing that hurts worse than when the kremlins disappointed in you. the kremlin said it is. >> disappointed. stephanie: the u.s. canceled bilateral talks after russia granted asylum to edward snowden. please, joan is in our homophobia. why not? as we know, the president, the decision to cancel the summit comes one day after the president appeared on the tonight show in which he condemned the newly enacted gay law...
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i have met barack obama three times. we know that, because she is the one told us he smells like -- >> cookies and freedom, bitches. >> stephanie: that's before she said eat my gravel soup -- >> bitches. >> stephanie: yeah, and finally, i have never been in a fist tight. that said, do not test me. >> she will win. >> she will hit you with her snowboard. >> stephanie: we have learned so much from her. for instance that black people melt in the rain. we did not know that. and boogie boogie cheese. it's the safe word during brain operation. because that's the word you'll say -- do you think the surgeon apologizes since you are awake -- oh, sorry, sorry. my bad. >> ow! >> you hit the funny bone. >> water on the knee i always went for first because it had the handle. >> stephanie: absolutely. you can also see me on the cnn television network, pretty much every day, unless there's breaking news. >> usually with dean obediallah. >> stephanie: yes, my buddy and pal that we have on the radio show. >> so erin out front and you in
i have met barack obama three times. we know that, because she is the one told us he smells like -- >> cookies and freedom, bitches. >> stephanie: that's before she said eat my gravel soup -- >> bitches. >> stephanie: yeah, and finally, i have never been in a fist tight. that said, do not test me. >> she will win. >> she will hit you with her snowboard. >> stephanie: we have learned so much from her. for instance that black people melt in the rain. we...
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their plan was to make president obama a one-term president. and they failed miserably, and i'm waiting for the day that they pack up and they go home. is that going to happen? or are we going to have this ad nausium forever. >> stephanie: yeah, i think marsha blackburn summed it up best. >> our goal is to push things as far to the right as we possibly can, and meet our obligation to effectively govern. >> stephanie: right. yeah, those two things -- >> they are not compatible at all. >> stephanie: right. right. effectively governing -- it's a two-party system currently. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: just saying. >> did you hear that mitt romney has denied talking about the 47% -- >> stephanie: oh, really. >> even though he is on camera -- >> he said it was taken out of context. >> it was not edited. >> stephanie: no. >> that wasn't me. that was some other guy. >> stephanie: interesting. sue in rockville -- he is going the dick cheney route. i didn't say that, yes, you did. it is on tape. no, i didn't. sue in rockville. >> caller: hey, good morning,
their plan was to make president obama a one-term president. and they failed miserably, and i'm waiting for the day that they pack up and they go home. is that going to happen? or are we going to have this ad nausium forever. >> stephanie: yeah, i think marsha blackburn summed it up best. >> our goal is to push things as far to the right as we possibly can, and meet our obligation to effectively govern. >> stephanie: right. yeah, those two things -- >> they are not...
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you can submit your questions now using the hashtag ask obama housing. the state department has issued a travel warning for anyone yemen. the state department also has removed all of its own nonessential people from the country. the u.s. intercepted a message between al qaeda chief and the head of al qaeda in the arbabian peninsula who is based in yemen. a suspected u.s. drone has killed four alleged members of al qaeda al qaeda yemen. and 19 different facilities in the middle east and north africa remain closed until at least saturday. we're back with more show after the break. ♪ cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the mi
you can submit your questions now using the hashtag ask obama housing. the state department has issued a travel warning for anyone yemen. the state department also has removed all of its own nonessential people from the country. the u.s. intercepted a message between al qaeda chief and the head of al qaeda in the arbabian peninsula who is based in yemen. a suspected u.s. drone has killed four alleged members of al qaeda al qaeda yemen. and 19 different facilities in the middle east and north...
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from president obama. well, it is an important program. it's got a lot to offer the american people. a lot to offer the middle class. hopefully we can get enough republicans in congress to support it. kitty richards, thanks for helping us understand it. >> thank you. >> bill: center for american progress. they do great work. americanprogress.org. kitty is their associate director for tax policy. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." the issues of the day. >> do you think there is any chance we'll ever hear the president even say the word "carbon tax"? >> with an opened mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned great leadership so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter) of today's top stories. >> this is the savior of the republican party? i mean really? >> ... with a unique perspective. >> teddy rosevelt was a weak asmatic kid who never played sports until he was a grown up. >> (laughter) >> ...
from president obama. well, it is an important program. it's got a lot to offer the american people. a lot to offer the middle class. hopefully we can get enough republicans in congress to support it. kitty richards, thanks for helping us understand it. >> thank you. >> bill: center for american progress. they do great work. americanprogress.org. kitty is their associate director for tax policy. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." the issues of the day....
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obama. [ ♪ "nbc nightly news" ] however, did you see the missouri rodeo clown with the obama mask. you know. the other clown asked who wants to see the bull run over obama. he went and played with the lips on the obama mask. you know. the president of the missouri rodeo cowboy association has resigned after getting flak about a state fair event in which a rodeo clown riled up the crowd as a bull chased a masked man imitating president obama. the event featured a man wearing an obama mask with an upside down broomstick arranged on his back side. >> he wasn't playing quidditch? >> stephanie: no. another clown drew tears from the audience. asked if they wanted to see obama run down by the bull and made comments about the bull coming to get obama. apparently, the crowd went wild. like an old-fashioned clan rally. the missouri state fair said it banned the clown from performing at the fair. fun facts i hadn't heard, chris. the state fair and rodeo association identified the clown who made the c
obama. [ ♪ "nbc nightly news" ] however, did you see the missouri rodeo clown with the obama mask. you know. the other clown asked who wants to see the bull run over obama. he went and played with the lips on the obama mask. you know. the president of the missouri rodeo cowboy association has resigned after getting flak about a state fair event in which a rodeo clown riled up the crowd as a bull chased a masked man imitating president obama. the event featured a man wearing an obama...
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the obama allies are up to their same old tricks. they have concocted a false poll. the poll should be ignored out of hand. >> well, then. >> stephanie: let's move along. everyone move along. hey, here is a go ahead idea -- [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: we have been talking about inequality. a supreme court ethics [ inaudible ] by justices scalia and thomas, they are set to introduce legislation that would apply stricter standards to the supreme court amidst rumors have been engaging in misconduct. genmy thomas -- who we mentioned drunk dialed someone at 7:30 in the morning. >> you know what i'm talking about? >> stephanie: you notice we all sound like bill cosby when we're drunk. >> right, what's a cuban? who is this really? >> stephanie: any way, she is a well-connected tea partier, and wife of justice clarence thomas. a conservative coalition of journalists who have been meeting privately to talk about issues. currently the supreme court's system of dealing with conflicts of interest or appearances is to leave it to their own best judgment, that would be
the obama allies are up to their same old tricks. they have concocted a false poll. the poll should be ignored out of hand. >> well, then. >> stephanie: let's move along. everyone move along. hey, here is a go ahead idea -- [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: we have been talking about inequality. a supreme court ethics [ inaudible ] by justices scalia and thomas, they are set to introduce legislation that would apply stricter standards to the supreme court amidst rumors...
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obama is still working. got the full briefing on the day's news from the national security adviser susan rice before he played golf yesterday. belle i ran into -- into the white house yesterday, the deputy press secretary on his way to the vineyard this morning to take over duty from jay carney. >> okay. >> bill: and josh ernest. josh admitted to me that the goal of this week is not to make any news. on the part of the president or the press secretary. >> we might see anthony weiner on the big screen soon. the new york city mayoral candidate has been followed around by a documentary filmmaker for mtv and pbs on the campaign trail recently. he's been seen wearing a microphone. "the hill" newspaper reported the campaign is being tight-lipped about what the prom is. only saying they're filming for possible tv commercials for the campaign but some say they think it is something more. >> bill: anthony weiner appearing at a "buzzfeed" brews event in new york city. i'm sorry i wasn't able to be there myself but joh
obama is still working. got the full briefing on the day's news from the national security adviser susan rice before he played golf yesterday. belle i ran into -- into the white house yesterday, the deputy press secretary on his way to the vineyard this morning to take over duty from jay carney. >> okay. >> bill: and josh ernest. josh admitted to me that the goal of this week is not to make any news. on the part of the president or the press secretary. >> we might see anthony...
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i said i think it is obama derangement syndrome. these people hate anything obama. especially the tea party. we know john boehner has seeded his speakership. the man could just not show up some days. to the tea party caucus. whatever they want. , goes. that's why they voted 40 times to repeal obamacare. not one time, bill, to replace it. not one time to create jobs, not one time to deal with some of the president's jobs proposals, not one time to build bridges or roads. they can't even get transportation bill, appropriations bill to the floor in the house because they're so radical over there. so look, i'll say this. have at it. we've done some polling with seiu. the people that are working on this. every single time they talk about repeal, every time they bring repeal vote to the floor without anything to replace it, every time they talk about the fund, obamacare gets more popular. you know what? do it. when heritage action, jim demint's group came out and said we're going to do town halls all around the country, we're going to rally for defunding obamacare or shut
i said i think it is obama derangement syndrome. these people hate anything obama. especially the tea party. we know john boehner has seeded his speakership. the man could just not show up some days. to the tea party caucus. whatever they want. , goes. that's why they voted 40 times to repeal obamacare. not one time, bill, to replace it. not one time to create jobs, not one time to deal with some of the president's jobs proposals, not one time to build bridges or roads. they can't even get...
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and obama, president obama goes for one week with his family to martha's vineyard and they raise hell about it. it is ridiculous. >> there is a reason for that. it is because of what you saw with reagan in the western white house in california. they did the same thing with crawford. it was like the -- the western white house -- they had the same moniker, little mints on air force i you can get like the white house in an extent ya. thankfully obama hasn't tried to pull over on folks. >> the white house announced president obama will honor 16 people with the presidential medal of freedom for contributions to society in upcoming ceremony. recipients including former president bill clinton, also oprah winfrey, the late hawaii senator daniel inouye and ben bradley, the former "washington post" editor who oversaw the watergate scandal coverage. dick lugar as well. >> bill: this is a great list. >> sally ride is on there, too. >> why aren't you on there, bill press? >> bill: some day. some day. >> in sports -- >> bill: i hope it's not posthumous. because i want to be there. to get that damn
and obama, president obama goes for one week with his family to martha's vineyard and they raise hell about it. it is ridiculous. >> there is a reason for that. it is because of what you saw with reagan in the western white house in california. they did the same thing with crawford. it was like the -- the western white house -- they had the same moniker, little mints on air force i you can get like the white house in an extent ya. thankfully obama hasn't tried to pull over on folks....
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step three, obama signs it. it requires this -- there's no realistic scenario where obama gets a sharp blow to the head and wakes up as john boehner. it's like how does this work? >> free sitcom idea by the way. i really love that idea. >> bill: then in the middle of all of this, you've got one republican -- broken out in the public between chris christie and rand paul over a very important issue i think which is this whole nsa thing. so they've squabbled -- i think chris christie started the fight. rand paul jumped up. chris christie of course, rand paul's dangerous because he's questioning the use of drones and what nsa is up to, rand paul says no, you're the dangerous one because you're spending too much money on silly stuff like hurricane sandy. i think they're both wrong. at any rate. so rand paul invites chris christie to a beer. here's the latest, the two of them spatting back and forth. rand paul first and then chris christie. >> we're going to have to patch things up. if we can sit down, i'm inviting hi
step three, obama signs it. it requires this -- there's no realistic scenario where obama gets a sharp blow to the head and wakes up as john boehner. it's like how does this work? >> free sitcom idea by the way. i really love that idea. >> bill: then in the middle of all of this, you've got one republican -- broken out in the public between chris christie and rand paul over a very important issue i think which is this whole nsa thing. so they've squabbled -- i think chris christie...
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>> so much for no drama obama. >> bill: screw you. hi, tim. >> caller: i agree with you, bill, absolutely, canceling -- the wrong thing to do and it shows you the tremendous influence that national security and military establishment has. not just over the president but the entire congress and what passes for our state today. >> bill: amen, amen. absolutely. that's a priority here. more important to make a point about edward snowden than maybe make some progress on arms control. i think they've got their priorities bassackwards. ronald, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i'm glad to get your show out here. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: i'm trying to talk about the whole leaky ship, you know. mr. obama called the phony scandals, i don't think they're phony scandals at all. they're dramatic revelations. i was telling the producer, out here in california, we're loving this when the federal government's corruption and all of these areas is coming out, we're saying finally! we're not -- there actually is an evil. when it comes out --
>> so much for no drama obama. >> bill: screw you. hi, tim. >> caller: i agree with you, bill, absolutely, canceling -- the wrong thing to do and it shows you the tremendous influence that national security and military establishment has. not just over the president but the entire congress and what passes for our state today. >> bill: amen, amen. absolutely. that's a priority here. more important to make a point about edward snowden than maybe make some progress on arms...
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(vo) quick wit. >> and yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. (vo) and above all, opinion and attitude. >> really?! this is the kind of stuff they say about something they just pulled freshly from their [bleep]. >> you know what those people are like. >> what could possibly go wrong in eight years of george bush? >> my producer just coughed up a hairball. >>sorry. >>just be grateful current tv doesn't come in "smell-o-vision" >> oh come on! the sweatshirt is nice and all, but i could use a golden lasso. (vo)only on current tv. >> announcer: starting live on free speech tv on september 3rd, learn more at billpressshow.com. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hey, that's right. good reminder. 33 minutes after the hour now that august 15 is our last day on current tv. progressive talk radio continues. no interruption. full time all the way through. we'll take a two-week hayatous on television and we'll pop up again on free speech tv on september 3rd. go to freespeech.org and the good news is you'll be able to watch us on television if you have
(vo) quick wit. >> and yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. (vo) and above all, opinion and attitude. >> really?! this is the kind of stuff they say about something they just pulled freshly from their [bleep]. >> you know what those people are like. >> what could possibly go wrong in eight years of george bush? >> my producer just coughed up a hairball. >>sorry. >>just be grateful current tv doesn't come in...